THE PROTOCOLS OF THE ELDERS OF ZION
The most influential book in the history of modern antisemitism and the original source for most of the key themes of contemporary conspiracy theory, The…
Month: December 2022
PRIORY OF SION
The most spectacular secret society hoax in recent history, the Priory of Sion (Prieuré de Sion) was founded in 1956 in the small town of…
PRINCE HALL MASONRY
Prince Hall was a black minister of West Indian origin who emigrated to Boston in 1765 and became the pastor of a Methodist church in…
PORO SOCIETY
One of the two most widespread secret societies of West Africa, the Poro Society is found all along the Upper Guinea coast from Liberia to…
PIKE, ALBERT
American soldier, author, occultist and Freemason, 1809–91. Born in Massachusetts to a working-class family, Pike showed intellectual promise from an early age and mastered Latin,…
PHILIKE HETAIRIA
A Greek offshoot of the Carbonari, the Philike Hetairia (“Brotherly Association” or “Friendly Society”) was founded by a group of exiled Greek patriots in Odessa,…
PHILADELPHES
One of the most important political secret societies of the nineteenth century, the Philadelphes began life in 1797 as a student literary club in the…
PERPETUAL MOTION
A perennial interest of inventors since the Middle Ages, perpetual motion machines of various kinds have an active presence in today’s alternative scene, although terms…
PALLADIAN ORDER
One of the most spectacular hoaxes in the history of secret societies, the Palladian Order was the brainchild of Léo Taxil (Gabriel Jorgand-Pagès), a French…
P2 [PROPAGANDA DUE]
Among the major political secret societies in recent European history, P2 (standing for Propaganda Due, “Propagation 2”) was founded in Italy in 1877 as a…